Using morphometrics, in situ observations and genetic characters to distinguish among commercially valuable Hawaiian black coral species; A redescription of Antipathes grandis Verrill, 1928 (Antipatharia: Antipathidae)

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-290

  Wagner, Daniel ^a,b   Brugler, Mercer R ^c   Opresko, Dennis M ^d   France, Scott C ^c   Montgomery, Anthony D ^e   Toonen, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Division of Aquatic Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

COI barcode; internal transcribed spacer; mitochondrial intergenic region; precious coral; scanning electron microscopy; taxonomy.

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CORAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHOTOGRAPH; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; ANTIPATHES; ANTIPATHIDAE; STICHOPATHES;

EID: 77956273360     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS10004     Document Type: Article

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